Default image for ImageField in Django's ORM

Question

I\'m using an ImageField to store profile pictures on my model.

How do I set it to return a default image if no image is defined?

Answer 1

You could theoretically also use a function within your model definition. But I dont know whether this is good practice:

class Image(model.Models):
    image = ....

    def getImage(self):
        if not self.image:
            # depending on your template
            return default_path or default_image_object

and then within a template

This gives you a great deal of flexibility for the future...

I'm using sorl for thumbnails generation with great success